019 NOUS44 KTSA 030101 PNSTUL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 800 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 ...DISASTER ALLEY OPENS TOMORROW AT THE EASTLAND MALL IN TULSA... TOMORROW...MAY 3 2001...A MULTI-FACETED EXHIBIT CALLED DISASTER ALLEY WILL BE FORMALLY OPENED AT THE EASTLAND MALL IN TULSA. THIS EXHIBIT WILL OPEN ON THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEVASTATING TORNADO OUTBREAK THAT STRUCK OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS. 70 TORNADOES WERE REPORTED ON MAY 3RD 1999. 40 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 675 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN OKLAHOMA ALONE. DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE TORNADOES WAS IN EXCESS OF A BILLION DOLLARS. THE DISPLAY INCLUDES MONITORS THAT INCLUDE CONTINUOUS RADAR AND WEATHER INFORMATION...TORNADO RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION EXAMPLES...HOME SAFETY INFORMATION...SAFE ROOMS...AS WELL AS MOCK UPS OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND RED CROSS OFFICES. THE DISPLAY WILL BE OPEN FROM 1000 AM THROUGH 900 PM...WITH THE FORMAL DEDICATION CEREMONY AT 430 PM. ALL EVENTS ARE FREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS PROJECT IS COORDINATED BY TULSA PROJECT IMPACT. PROJECT IMPACT IS AN INITIATIVE BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS...BUSINESSES...AND CITIZENS TO BE PREPARED FOR NATURAL DISASTERS THAT MIGHT STRIKE THEIR COMMUNITIES. COME OUT AND MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WHO WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE DAY AT THE EXHIBIT. OTHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS EMERGENCY AGENCIES AROUND THE TULSA METROPOLITAN AREA WILL ALSO BE ON HAND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION. IN ADDITION...TULSA MAYOR SUSAN SAVAGE WILL BE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS ON HAND FOR THE DEDICATION OF DISASTER ALLEY. .END/MANNING  019 NOUS44 KTSA 030101 PNSTUL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 800 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 ...DISASTER ALLEY OPENS TOMORROW AT THE EASTLAND MALL IN TULSA... TOMORROW...MAY 3 2001...A MULTI-FACETED EXHIBIT CALLED DISASTER ALLEY WILL BE FORMALLY OPENED AT THE EASTLAND MALL IN TULSA. THIS EXHIBIT WILL OPEN ON THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEVASTATING TORNADO OUTBREAK THAT STRUCK OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS. 70 TORNADOES WERE REPORTED ON MAY 3RD 1999. 40 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 675 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN OKLAHOMA ALONE. DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE TORNADOES WAS IN EXCESS OF A BILLION DOLLARS. THE DISPLAY INCLUDES MONITORS THAT INCLUDE CONTINUOUS RADAR AND WEATHER INFORMATION...TORNADO RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION EXAMPLES...HOME SAFETY INFORMATION...SAFE ROOMS...AS WELL AS MOCK UPS OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND RED CROSS OFFICES. THE DISPLAY WILL BE OPEN FROM 1000 AM THROUGH 900 PM...WITH THE FORMAL DEDICATION CEREMONY AT 430 PM. ALL EVENTS ARE FREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS PROJECT IS COORDINATED BY TULSA PROJECT IMPACT. PROJECT IMPACT IS AN INITIATIVE BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS...BUSINESSES...AND CITIZENS TO BE PREPARED FOR NATURAL DISASTERS THAT MIGHT STRIKE THEIR COMMUNITIES. COME OUT AND MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WHO WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE DAY AT THE EXHIBIT. OTHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS EMERGENCY AGENCIES AROUND THE TULSA METROPOLITAN AREA WILL ALSO BE ON HAND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION. IN ADDITION...TULSA MAYOR SUSAN SAVAGE WILL BE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS ON HAND FOR THE DEDICATION OF DISASTER ALLEY. .END/MANNING  566 NOUS44 KTSA 030138 PNSTUL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 840 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 ...AVIATION SAFETY SEMINAR TO BE CONDUCTED IN FORT SMITH ARKANSAS TOMORROW... TOMORROW...MAY 3 2001...A SAFETY SEMINAR WILL BE GIVEN AT THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT IN FORT SMITH ARKANSAS. THE PROGRAM BEGINS AT 700 PM AT THE BASE OF THE 188TH FIGHTER GROUP OF THE ARKANSAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD. THIS EVENT IS CO-SPONSORED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA AND THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. ONE OF THE MAIN TOPICS OF THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE AVIATION WEATHER SAFETY...BEING PRESENTED BY METEOROLOGISTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA. IN ADDITION...REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND THE U.S. AIR FORCE WILL ALSO BE SPEAKING ABOUT MID-AIR COLLISION AVOIDANCE. THIS EVENT IS PART OF THE "WINGS" PROGRAM OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE ALL PILOTS TO ESTABLISH AND PARTICIPATE IN A PERSONAL RECURRENT TRAINING PROGRAM. AVIATION SAFETY IS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE AVIATION COMMUNITY...AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA IS PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS EFFORT. ALL PILOTS FROM AROUND THE AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL WILL BE ON HAND TO HELP CONVEY THIS IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION AS WELL AS ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT AVIATION WEATHER AND AVIATION WEATHER SAFETY. THIS EVENT IS PART OF A CONTINUING SERIES OF AVIATION SAFETY SEMINARS THAT WILL BE GIVEN ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. OTHER SEMINARS ARE PLANNED FOR EARLY SUMMER AND FALL OF THIS YEAR. .END/MANNING  566 NOUS44 KTSA 030138 PNSTUL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 840 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 ...AVIATION SAFETY SEMINAR TO BE CONDUCTED IN FORT SMITH ARKANSAS TOMORROW... TOMORROW...MAY 3 2001...A SAFETY SEMINAR WILL BE GIVEN AT THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE AT THE FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT IN FORT SMITH ARKANSAS. THE PROGRAM BEGINS AT 700 PM AT THE BASE OF THE 188TH FIGHTER GROUP OF THE ARKANSAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD. THIS EVENT IS CO-SPONSORED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA AND THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. ONE OF THE MAIN TOPICS OF THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE AVIATION WEATHER SAFETY...BEING PRESENTED BY METEOROLOGISTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA. IN ADDITION...REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND THE U.S. AIR FORCE WILL ALSO BE SPEAKING ABOUT MID-AIR COLLISION AVOIDANCE. THIS EVENT IS PART OF THE "WINGS" PROGRAM OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE ALL PILOTS TO ESTABLISH AND PARTICIPATE IN A PERSONAL RECURRENT TRAINING PROGRAM. AVIATION SAFETY IS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE AVIATION COMMUNITY...AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA IS PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS EFFORT. ALL PILOTS FROM AROUND THE AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL WILL BE ON HAND TO HELP CONVEY THIS IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION AS WELL AS ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT AVIATION WEATHER AND AVIATION WEATHER SAFETY. THIS EVENT IS PART OF A CONTINUING SERIES OF AVIATION SAFETY SEMINARS THAT WILL BE GIVEN ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. OTHER SEMINARS ARE PLANNED FOR EARLY SUMMER AND FALL OF THIS YEAR. .END/MANNING